Mexico seeks to strengthen coffee production systems, prioritizing coffee growers and agricultural workers

2000Agro/Writing Before the new trends in coffee consumption in the world, producing countries must carry out a profound change in their production systems, with a comprehensive approach that favors the well-being of coffee growers, their families and agricultural workers, said the head of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), Víctor Villalobos Arámbula. During the First Ordinary Meeting of the Directing Council of the Cooperative Program for the technological development and modernization of coffee farming (Promecafé), which is held in Mexico, explained that the markets point towards a increased consumption of specialty coffee, with enriching cultural attributes and environmental. held that member countries of Promecafé (Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica) can guarantee the supply of fine coffees to local and international markets if they improve the resilience, productivity, ...